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Title details for Last Seen in Lapaz by Kwei Quartey - Available

Last Seen in Lapaz

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by Kwei Quartey
Robin Miles
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When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra.
Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old friend of her boss's asks for help locating his missing daughter. According to her father, Ngozi had a bright future ahead of her when she became secretive and withdrawn.
Suddenly, all she wanted to do was be with her handsome new beau, Femi, instead of attending law school in the fall. So when she disappears from her parents' house in Nigeria the middle of a summer night, they immediately suspect Femi was behind it and have reason to believe the pair has fled to Accra.
During Emma's first week on the case, Femi is found murdered at his opulent residence in Accra. There are no signs of Ngozi at the scene, and fearing the worst, Emma digs further, discovering that Femi was part of a network of sex traffickers across West Africa.
Emma must figure out which of Femi's many enemies killed him, but more urgently, she must find Ngozi before she, too, is murdered in cold blood.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Emma Djan Investigation

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 21, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705088319
      • File size: 361126 KB
      • Duration: 12:32:20

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 12, 2022
      Quartey’s intriguing third Emma Djan investigation (after 2021’s Sleep Well, My Lady) finds the Ghanaian PI, an operative for the Sowah Private Investigators Agency, leading the search for Ngozi Ojukwu, a prominent diplomat’s 18-year-old daughter, who was about to start law school and disappeared from her parents’ house in Lagos, Nigeria, months earlier under suspicious circumstances. Ngozi’s parents believe she ran off with 28-year-old Femi Adebanjo, the Ghanaian Nigerian manager of a hotel and high-class brothel in Accra. The stakes rise when Femi turns up murdered in his upscale home with Ngozi nowhere to be found. It turns out Femi was engaged in human trafficking, and Emma subsequently goes undercover as a sex worker to get a lead on Ngozi’s fate. The somewhat leisurely paced investigation builds to a satisfactory resolution. Well-defined characters complement the clever narrative structure, and dialogue in West African pidgin dialect (for which a glossary is provided) adds realism. Not just those looking for a detailed picture of modern West African life, the book’s main strength, will be rewarded. Agent: Marly Rusoff, Marly Rusoff & Assoc.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Robin Miles becomes the lively PI Emma Djan, who is the best private investigator in Accra, Ghana. This is the third installment featuring Emma as the main character, and fans of the series will find much to admire in Miles's performance. She is as entertaining as the set of crimes that Emma must solve. Miles embodies a plucky female detective we can root for. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats as she makes the most of dramatic twists and turns. While uncovering the trail of a young, missing woman, Emma stumbles onto a regional sex-trafficking ring. Miles is an experienced narrator who shines in this well-crafted tale. Those who love crime fiction are going to lean all the way into this one. M.R. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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